An original dramatic opera composed by Robert E. Schlink, associate professor in Berklee's Ensemble Department, and his son, Berklee alumnus Robert C. Schlink, and directed by Carol Schlink, Queen Boudicca: A Metal Opera is scored for a large company of singers, a small conventional orchestra, and a heavy metal band.

Each semester, the Jazz Composition Department sponsors a concert of the top student works. This semester's performance will feature the Billy Strayhorn Centennial Competition winner's six-horn ensemble piece.